Japan earthquake: Widespread impact

Japan earthquake: Widespread impact

Piles of cars

Burned vehicles look like Matchbox cars after they are swept together in the port of Hitachi. Tsunami waves swept through coastal areas and reached as far as 3 miles inland. Survivors of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami huddled over heaters in emergency shelters on Saturday as rescue workers searched a mangled coastline of submerged homes, wrecked cars and stranded boats.